The Stars of Constantinople

(en anglais) - From Publishers Weekly - In these 12 skillfully crafted stories, a noted Icelandic poet and novelist contrasts the traditional values of his country's not-so-distant rural past with the new mores prompted by urbanization. Sigurdsson (1918-1988) builds his tales slowly, dramatizing the claustrophobic, parsimonious lives of "the little people" against the backdrop of a lyrically described landscape. In "Pastor Bodvar's Letter," a timid, intellectual mi... >Voir plus